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Im only familiar with Coors light, Bud light lime, & Michelob Lime cactus. My preference of the 3 is MLC because it has a smoother taste. However, I want to stock one of my frigs with nothing but beer...a variety of good beer.

What do you recommend and what should I stay away from??

If you want to drink beer rather than yellow. weakly alcoholic water, stay away from those you listed.

My suggestion is to buy what tastes good to you. You can discover that by going to a dedicated beer store like Beverages and more and buying a 12-pack sampler from a good brewery. Depending where you are, that might be Brooklyn Brewery, Stone, Dogfishhead, or the like. Ask the beer guy at the store. He may tell you more than you ever wanted to hear, but he'll recommend a sampler. Try each of them, see what you like, and buy more of that style from the same brewery and from other reputable breweries.

My personal preferences and favorites might not be what you like. That goes for the rest of the posters in the thread as well. I like super hoppy brews like Stone Ruination, russian imperial stouts like Old Rasputin, and smoked porters. Those are on the far end of the beer spectrum from the beers you have tried, and are an acquired taste.

1 Kings 11:3: “He (Solomon) had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray.” -- Biblical marriage. One man, seven hundred women.

Just about every experience of an IPA has been this way. There are very few IPA's I enjoy (Bell's Two Hearted Ale, for example, is one I actually like, but this is also because they use a lot of things like grains of passion to break up that hop explosion). But most seem to be in the Dogfish Head mold of "POW!" in-your-face bitterness and hoppy taste.

Just about every experience of an IPA has been this way. There are very few IPA's I enjoy (Bell's Two Hearted Ale, for example, is one I actually like, but this is also because they use a lot of things like grains of passion to break up that hop explosion). But most seem to be in the Dogfish Head mold of "POW!" in-your-face bitterness and hoppy taste.

But there are tons of flavors packed in a lot of IPAs. Yes, they're predominantly hoppy, but some of the most flavor-packed beers I've had are IPAs...maybe to those that hate the bitter/hoppy taste it's harder to notice since they become overwhelmed by the hop taste they don't like.

IPA's suck. They're just an explosion of hops. Blech. Develop the flavor, don't just throw a dick ton of hops in and say "WHAM!"

Cheap: Coors Light
Medium: Anchor, Bells or Great Falls - almost any of their brews are all fantastic
Expensive: Goose Island Sofie - I absolutely love me some of this beer. It's amazing.

YOU SUCK! JK IPA's are great. They definitely are an acquired taste. But then again, I think all beers are an acquired taste. Try a Stone IPA, I think you might change your mind about IPA's or at the very least say to yourself, "you know, that wasn't half bad..."